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The punch that changed Mortal Kombat history

Enlarge / The raw power of a new Mortal Kombat cabinet was hard to contain… David L. Craddock’s Long Live Mortal Kombat goes behind the scenes to reveal untold stories from the making of the first four Mortal Kombat games and explores how the franchise impacted popular culture. In this excerpt from the book, two […]

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Mortal Kombat film review: Bloody enough, not fun enough

You can probably hear the title being screamed upon seeing this image. [credit: WarnerMedia ] Mortal Kombat‘s third live-action movie, launching this week after over two decades of cinematic silence, is a weird one. It’s not good. You wouldn’t mistake this for a classic action or martial arts film, and it borrows clumsily from genre giants […]

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Let them fight! Mortal Kombat red-band trailer gives fans what they want

Lewis Tan stars as Cole Young. [credit: YouTube/Warner Bros. ] Warner Bros. has released the red-band trailer for its forthcoming Mortal Kombat reboot, which had long languished in development hell. A Russian-dubbed version of the trailer initially leaked on reddit, according to Eurogamer, before being pulled. It’s basically a nonstop, blood-soaked fighting fest, featuring all the […]